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Walmart's chief people officer, Donna Morris, commented similarly in a memo announcing the layoffs and relocations earlier that week. She wrote that working in an office would help workers collaborate, innovate, and "move even faster." Still, some employees continued working remotely, and several satellite offices remained open in cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Toronto, and Seattle. He also said he doesn't think the company is using this RTO mandate as a cover for achieving cost savings through workforce reductions, commonly referred to as "quiet firing," but that it's more part of Walmart's ethos. For the remote worker BI spoke with, the next few weeks will be filled with uncertainty.
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download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. That earlier survey also found that 19% of non-exec workers would likewise quit if forced to pick up their commute again. AdvertisementOgawa said the findings were also notable because high-up executives are often the people tasked with implementing RTO mandates. That's a big drop from a prior survey in 2023, when 62% of CEOs held that expectation. Advertisement"They might not be looking to retain folks who wouldn't want to come back to the office," she said.
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For Once, Rookie Consultants Don’t Have Enough to Do
  + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Lindsay Ellis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Persons: Dow Jones, kmpg, ernst Organizations: bain Locations: boston
One of the top demands is a four-day workweek, according to the KPMG Talent Survey of 1,035 US adults, conducted from mid-April to May 1. According to participants, 82% of employees would be interested in a 10-hour, four-day workweek, and nearly half (47%) see it as highly appealing. "Having a four-day workweek, even if you're working longer days during those four days, enables you to have the flexibility of three days off without work. Agarwal wrote, "as productivity tools with artificial intelligence catch on and more high-ranking executives acknowledge the importance of rest, the four-day workweek could become more commonplace." Besides four-day workweeks, employees also showed when it comes to perks at work, millennials are more likely to care about perks than other generations.
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General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co, BMW and Volkswagen's Audi unit also are producing EVs in Mexico, or plan to. "There are still a number of issues that need resolving in Mexico before there's a massive influx of electric cars," said Mario Hernandez, KPMG's lead manufacturing partner in Mexico. Hernandez said drawbacks included a lack of subsidies for buyers, high costs for installing charging devices at homes and a shortage of public charging stations, vital for longer journeys. Mexico has about 1,100 charging stations nationwide, mostly in the capital and other major cities, according to AMIA. Pedro Corral, director of operations for EV charging stations platform Evergo, drives his all-electric i3 BMW around Mexico City.
Central to their call is the fact that homes remain vastly unaffordable. Homes remain near their most unaffordable levels since the early 1980s, according to the National Association of Realtors' Housing Affordability Index. Home prices fall when supply outpaces demand. "New home sales remain prone to slump suddenly if the upward trend in existing home supply continues," Clancy said. KMPG economists say prices could fall as much as 20% in 2023, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley say prices will fall another 6.1% and 4%, respectively.
One challenge CEOs see is that emerging and disruptive technology is both an opportunity and a threat. CEOs said their organizations need to be quicker to shift investments to digital opportunities and divest in those areas where their organizations face digital obsolescence. Addressing employee burnoutAnother issue CEOs said their organizations need to address is pandemic-related employee burnout from accelerated digital transformation over the past two years. "I think that there is some truth to the state of fatigue brought on by the need to quickly adopt remote work-related technology," Clark said. Rather than focus on the "right technology," organizations should aim to deploy the right mix of technology, Carande said.
Market research released on Tuesday showed that grocery inflation hit another new record of 13.9% in September, deepening the cost-of-living crisis, while BRC-KPMG data showed people were investing in items to help them save cash. Nine out of 10 people surveyed by Barclaycard in Britain from Sept. 23-26 said they were concerned about household energy bills. Over half of those surveyed by Barclaycard said they were planning to cut down on discretionary spending so they can afford their energy bills this winter, with nights out most likely to be canned. Rival JD Wetherspoon's said last week that its sales had been boosted by young people drinking cocktails and spirits. Coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger said on Tuesday that it would raise staff pay for a second time this year.
Suma este în valoare de aproximativ un miliard de euro, iar singurele salvări ale catalanilor pot fi austeritatea sau insolvenţa. Potrivit celor de la KMPG, Barcelona are o datorie de 900 milioane de euro, adunată până la sfârşitul anului 2020. Din această sumă 420 de milioane de euro vor trebui daţi înapoi în următoarea perioadă a anului 2021. Barcelona are în acest an doar bugetul de salarii de 335 milioane de euro, lucru care îngreunează foarte mult procesul de plătire a datoriilor. Din cele 335 milioane de euro, bugetul de salarii, Barcelona îi achită lui Messi anual un salariu de aproximativ 40 milioane de euro.
Persons: Messi Organizations: Barcelonei, Barcelona, Nou, Emili Locations: KMPG, Barcelona, Noul
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